David Silkenat
@davidsilkenat.bsky.social
Milbauer Chair of Southern History, University of Florida
https://history.ufl.edu/directory/david-silkenat/
https://history.ufl.edu/directory/david-silkenat/
"War ravaged Portland"?
September 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"War ravaged Portland"?
Love the @thelynxbooks.bsky.social vending machine at GNV (new career goal of having on of my books sold in a vending machine)
September 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Love the @thelynxbooks.bsky.social vending machine at GNV (new career goal of having on of my books sold in a vending machine)
Clinton Fisk (1886): "You can not be too glad that you are free; that your hands, your head, your heart, are your own; and you should talk about freedom to your children, and your children’s children, and teach them to love it more than life."
May 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Clinton Fisk (1886): "You can not be too glad that you are free; that your hands, your head, your heart, are your own; and you should talk about freedom to your children, and your children’s children, and teach them to love it more than life."
Old Rough and Ready
May 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Old Rough and Ready
I'm giving a talk at UNF on Thursday. Love to see Jacksonville folks!
March 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm giving a talk at UNF on Thursday. Love to see Jacksonville folks!
An alternative reality spotted at a rummage sale
March 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
An alternative reality spotted at a rummage sale
From 1870 to 1913, American workers experienced frequent high unemployment, violent labor unrest, and a 60-hour workweek.
February 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
From 1870 to 1913, American workers experienced frequent high unemployment, violent labor unrest, and a 60-hour workweek.
I think about this passage a lot, especially in times like these
February 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I think about this passage a lot, especially in times like these
Wonder how long before Trump re-instates Nixon's monarchical garb for the White House guards?
February 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Wonder how long before Trump re-instates Nixon's monarchical garb for the White House guards?
Bill kept working after his 100th birthday. He had a messy desk and a generous heart.
January 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Bill kept working after his 100th birthday. He had a messy desk and a generous heart.
Cool archive find of the day: Black history comic books from the 1970s
January 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Cool archive find of the day: Black history comic books from the 1970s
The next seven hours should be interesting
December 31, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The next seven hours should be interesting
Sunset from Edinburgh Castle (at 3:30pm)
December 26, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Sunset from Edinburgh Castle (at 3:30pm)
Participated last week in a really excellent conference on Black citizenship hosted by the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg
December 20, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Participated last week in a really excellent conference on Black citizenship hosted by the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg
Review of Scars on the Land in the Journal of American History
June 19, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Review of Scars on the Land in the Journal of American History
Thank you to everyone who came to my inaugural lecture yesterday.
April 4, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to my inaugural lecture yesterday.
Grad seminar readings (not pictured Green and Slap’s edited collection on the Civil War in 2020, which will be released in a few weeks)
January 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Grad seminar readings (not pictured Green and Slap’s edited collection on the Civil War in 2020, which will be released in a few weeks)
Edinburgh American History Workshop for Spring 2024
January 3, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Edinburgh American History Workshop for Spring 2024